Proposed Historic Markers

Proposals under development by the Community History Interns and the African-American Historical Association of Newton County:

Topics:

Civil Rights Movement:

• Bethlehem Baptist Church ( The oldest African American Church in Newton County, Georgia)
• Covington Square (overall history of the 1970 struggle)
• Covington City Cemetery (historically African American section of the Covington City Cemtery)
• First Seventh Day Adventist Church
• Newton County Jail (The Old Jail In Newton County, how African Americans were treated in jails)
• R.L Cousins Football Team
• St. Paul's AME (Church history and the start of the Black Easter marches)
• Washington Street Community Center